Watch: Chinese special forces shoot apples off each other’s heads with service pistols

Most of us are familiar with the story of William Tell, the legendary folk hero in Switzerland that was forced to shoot an apple off of his son’s head after failing to bow to the newly appointed Austrian Vogt, Albrecht Gessler. Tell, according to legend, got the apple with the very first bolt fired from his crossbow, though he had drawn a second bolt already, which he intended to use to kill Gessler, had he failed.

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Alex Hollings served as an active duty Marine for six and a half years before being medically retired from service. As an athlete, Hollings has raced exotic cars, played Marine Corps football and college rugby, fought in cages, and even wrestled alligators. As a scholar, he has earned a master’s degree in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as undergraduate degrees in Corporate and Organizational Communications and Business Management.

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Jason P

It does not look real to me...I'm not buying it.

Ron M

A controlling share in the eigth largest economy in the world.

Mustang Voodoo1

HORY SHET!!

03DVLDG

I'm just outside of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. It used to be that the Chinese population out here was almost all from Taiwan but that has changed drastically in the last 10 years. Now they are the minority and the majority are from mainland China. It is estimated that there are over 180,000 Chinese citizens attending High School in the San Gabriel Valley alone. 10 years ago the number was estimated at roughly 15,000. Those high school students from mainland China are mostly here unaccompanied and are provided an allowance from their parents. These kids are from very wealthy Chinese families whose parents arranged boarding, live with a relative or will buy a house for their teenage kid to live in while they go to high school. And I'm not talking about inexpensive housing, the majority of these houses in the area are well over 1 million dollars. It is not uncommon to see these kids driving a G550, Audi R8, BMW 5 series, etc. The Los Angeles Times did a fairly large right up on these "parachute kids". The other popular thing is women coming over and staying in houses that have been turned into maternity facilities to have their child here and then return to China once they get the birth certificate. It is not uncommon for local hospitals to advertise in Chinese newspapers or work with agencies that help provide the service. These people are thinking long-term and is so is the Chinese government.

Ron M

I live in a strong Chinese neighborhood on the west coast, it has been since the late 19th century with ties to the western railroad era, California Central lines. Or so I've been told. Things have definitely changed in the last decade, a lot more China flags on cars for example.